lare

L1A1R1E1
UK/lɛə/US/leɹ/

noun

Lore; learning.

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Meanings

lare1

noun
  1. obsoleteLore; learning.

lare2

nounlare (plural lares)

plural lares

  1. obsoletePasture; feed.

    More hard for hungry steed t 'abstaine from pleasant lare

    1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
verblare (third-person singular simple present lares, present participle laring, simple past and past participle lared)

present singular third person lares · participle present laring · participle past lared · past lared

  1. obsoleteTo feed; to fatten.

lare3

nounlare (plural lares)

plural lares

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of lair.

Lare4

proper nounLare (plural Lares)

plural Lares

  1. A surname.
  2. alternativeAlternative form of Laze.

Origin

lare · noun

See lore.

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lare · noun, verb

See lair

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with lare

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Sounds the same

lairlayer (one pronunciation)lairlayer (one pronunciation)lairlayer (one pronunciation)lairlayer (one pronunciation)

Anagrams

realearllearLeraArelraleElarAlre
Cite this entry
APA

lare. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lare

MLA

“lare.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lare. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lare,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lare.

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